Springer Nature Announces CEO Succession: Frank Vrancken Peeters appointed Chief Executive Officer. Daniel Ropers to step down. | Group | Springer Nature

"Frank Vrancken Peeters joined Springer Nature in September 2017 as a member of the Management Board in a newly created Chief Commercial Officer role. He has spent more than twenty years in general management, innovation, product management and sales roles across the academic, educational and professional publishing sectors.  This followed a successful career in management consulting.

At Springer Nature, Frank was a key contributor to the strategic view on open access migration and took, and will continue to take, a leading role in the Projekt Deal negotiations in Germany.  ..."